Del E'Webb Memorial Library

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Del E.Webb Memorial Library
A Report by Steve Brooks on the

• A look at serial usage statistics

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Over the past two weeks Ive

• Compiled print usage statistics of the library
  over the past 15 years into a single workbook.
• Designed charts to illustrate the advantages of
  flipping journals.
• Attended meetings with librarians to get the feel
  of what goes on behind the scenes of library
  administration.

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The Electronic Age
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Top 5 Journals in 2000
Annual Print Use
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The Core Collection
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Library Calculus Why 450?
Getting less efficient
Getting more efficient
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The 20-80 Ratio
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Overall Serial Usage in 2006
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Now What?

• Shirley has a list that ranks the all the
  journals in order of usage.
• Upon renewal, she can decide to flip journals
  that arent part of the Core Collection.
• The savings of flipping all journals except for
  the Core Collection could reach 50,000!

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Recommendations
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Thank You For Your Time!

• A university is just a group of buildings
  gathered around a library.
• Shelby Foote, Civil War author